type B
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- noun
- /taɪp bi/
- Specialized
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tipo B
- Tympanograms were flat (type B) in all patients.
- type B blood
- type B positive
Examples
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Jack's blood type is B positive, which is important for blood transfusions.
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On average, the Type Bs outlived the Type As.
Blog text (27) -
As usual, the viruses in this year's vaccine include two type A viruses and one type B.
Academic text (2012) -
Born on Jan. 25, 1955, blood type B, Iwatani was working as a Namco Incubation Center Conductor at the time of the interview in 2003.
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The sensitivity of the rapid test kit compared with RT-PCR was 90% for type A but lower (80%) for type B (online Technical Appendix Table 3).
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Peter indicates that ABs are a conglomeration of type A and type B blood types, and consequently their diets should reflect a mixture of the recommendations he makes for these blood groups.
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The vaccine that protects against Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) is a conjugate vaccine.
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Before 1984, a bacterium called Hemophilus influenza type B (HIB) would cause meningitis in 15,000 children each year, leaving many with permanent brain damage.
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Doctors can determine your type B blood group through a simple blood test.
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If you receive a transfusion, it is crucial to match your blood type, such as type B, with that of the donor.
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'type' = class/group and 'B' = the B blood-group label, so 'type B' straightforwardly denotes the class of blood with B antigen. This noun+label construction is common across languages and follows a regular, non-idiomatic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The term type B comes from early blood tests that used the letters A and B to name different blood kinds. So type B means blood with the 'B' marker and not the 'A' marker.